Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels
/gul"euh veuhrz/
a social and political satire (1726) by Jonathan Swift, narrating the voyages of Lemuel Gulliver to four imaginary regions: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the land of the Houyhnhnms.

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  • Gulliver's Travels (radio) — Broadcast HistoryThe Radio Tales production of “Gulliver’s Travels” was first broadcast via NPR on December 7, 1999 [National Public Radio: NPR Quarterly Edition Fall 1999 . NPR Marketing, Oct. – Dec. 1999, Volume V, No. IV] . The program… …   Wikipedia

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  • Gulliver's Travels — Gul|li|ver s Trav|els (1726) a book by Jonathan ↑Swift which is a ↑satire (=a humorous criticism) on Britain in the 18th century. Each of the imaginary lands that the main character Gulliver visits shows how unreasonable the British government,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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